THC

If you thought that cannabis was the only source of cannabinoids, your whole world is about to be blown apart. There are many other plants that contain cannabinoid-like substances, if not cannabinoids themselves. Some of these plants are regular household …

Smoking cannabis, eating it, vaping it and applying it topically are all pretty conventional ways to use marijuana. But did you know that it’s now possible to take cannabis rectally? Yes, that’s right – weed in your anus. Your initial …

Kate Zawidzki | November 11, 2018 On Friday, November 2, the board that oversees Iowa’s medical marijuana program voted unanimously against recommending legislators to remove the current 3% THC limit on products. Additionally, the board voted to recommend that the state add autism to …

NORML | November 3, 2018 LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — Regular users of cannabis demonstrate limited, or in some cases, no impairment on measurements of either cognitive or psychomotor performance, according to data published in the journal Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. British researchers conducted a …

Bigger, faster, stronger – searching for extremes is part of human nature. Chasing records is also evident in the cannabis industry. Ever stronger products are coming onto the market in the search for new heights. To go straight to the …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Young adults with exposure to THC (the psychoactive component of cannabis) during adolescence have alterations in the structure of neurons and gene expression within these brain cells, which are critical for maintaining synaptic plasticity, in the …

In this Oct. 4, 2018, file photo, Thomas Clarke poses for a photo outside his cannabis store, THC Distribution, in Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. On Wednesday, Oct. 17, Canada becomes the second and largest country with a legal …

Since 2007, extremely high peak values of THC content have been regularly found in Berlin. Statistically speaking, Berlin is the record holder since 2010, with an active ingredient level of 44% THC in cannabis. What is really behind this? A …

Associate Professor Emily Ansell, the study’s senior author, said that when ingested, THC binds to receptors in the brain that control pleasure, time perception and pain. This activity boasts the production of dopamine, which Ansell calls the “feel-good chemical,” resulting …

NORML | September 20, 2018 SANTA FE, NM — New Mexico’s Health Secretary Lynn Gallagher has agreed to proposed changes in the state’s medical cannabis law that would permit patients with obstructive sleep apnea to access marijuana; but she rejected calls to expand access …